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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Human Nature' and 'Principles of Philosophy of the Future'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

6928	Only that which can be an object of religion is an object of philosophy [Feuerbach]
	Full Idea: Only that which can be an object of religion is an object of philosophy.
	From: Ludwig Feuerbach (Principles of Philosophy of the Future [1843], §35)
	A reaction: The temple of Pythagoras at Solon sounds like an embodiment of this idea. The obvious candidate would be truth, to which philosophers must show almost religious respect. Some what motivates the philosophy of a minimalist (Idea 3750)?

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

6211	Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes]
	Full Idea: The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
	From: Thomas Hobbes (Human Nature [1640], Ch.IX.13)
	A reaction: Laughter tends to involve something unusual. We don't just burst out with a glory of vanity whenever we meet some inferiority in another person.